Cigar holder



1952 w. RYBAK, SR 2,583,235

CIGAR HOLDER Filed Nov. 9, 1950 6 INVENTOR.

6 M ML/AM E. R E/W519.

Patented Jan. 22, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I 2,583,235 CIGAR HOLDER a William E. Rybak, Sr., Cleveland, Ohio Application November 9, 1950, Serial No. 194,813

2 Claims.

This invention relates to cigar holders of the kind adapted to be inserted into the end of a cigar, and its purpose is to provide a very simple and inexpensive article of this character in the form of a one-piece, slender, sharp wedge or spike provided with barbs that is especially easy to insert into the end of a cigar without damage to the latter, preferably after the tip of the cigar has been cut or bitten off in the customary manner, and which will hold securely in the cigar, the larger end of the article protruding and being provided with transverse grooves so that the smoker may easily and comfortably grasp said end between his teeth while his lips close naturally about the end of the cigar. With the cigar held in this manner, the smoker is prevented from inadvertently chewing the cigar and from imparting an undue amount of moisture thereto.

Due to the cheapness of the article it may be discarded without extravagance after being used but once, or a few times at most, thereby insuring a clean, sweet smoke with each cigar.

Another object of the invention is to so shape the holder in cross section that when inserted into the cut or bitten-off end of a cigar a sufficient area of such end lies outside the cross sectional area of the holder as to insure satisfactory flow of the smoke in response to a normal pull or draft on the cigar.

While I presently prefer to make the holder solid, the invention comprehends a modification wherein a bore is provided through which the smoke may be drawn, and an object of the invention is to arrange the bore with its inner end adjacent and protected by a barb so that the latter prevents tobacco from wholly or partially covering the bore and thus interfering with the proper draft.

The foregoing objects, with others hereinafter appearing, are attained in the embodiments of the invention illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein Fig. 1 is an elevational view of a cigar showing my improved holder, in plan, inserted in the end thereof; Fig. 2 is a similar view at right angles to Fig. 1, showing the holder in side elevation; Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan view of the holder; Fig. 4 is a side elevational view thereof; Fig. 5 is an end view of the holder as it would appear from the right of Fig. 4; Figs. 6 and 7 are cross sections on the respective lines 6-6 and 1-7 of each of Figs. 3 and 4, and Fig. 8 is a plan view, partly in section, of a modified form of the invention.

In the drawing, my improved cigar holder is designated, generally, by the reference numeral l.

, It consists of a one-piece, slender, wedge-shaped body that is considerably wider than it is thick at its larger or outer end and tapers to a point at its opposite end.

The holder is desirably made of a hard plastic that is odorless and tasteless, although other suitable material may be employed, such as wood or metal. Adjacent its larger or outer end, the wider sides or faces of the body of the holder are provided with transverse grooves 2, while its narrower sides are rounded, as best shown in Fig. 5. The latter sides become gradually narrower and sharper as they continue toward the pointed end of the body, as appears in Figs. 6 and 7. Notches 3 are formed in the body along the narrower sides thereof, and the walls of said notches converge toward the pointed end of the body, thereby to provide relatively sharp outwardly and forwardly directed barbs 4 that serve to retain the body of the holder quite securely in the cigar.

With the holder applied to a cigar in the manner shown in Figs. 1 and 2, it may be held easily but securely between the upper and lower teeth of the smoker by the engagement of the teeth within the grooves 2. With the cigar thus supported, the smokers lips naturally contract about the end of the cigar so that upon a draft being created the smoke will pass through the end of the cigar above and below, or about the holder.

It is evident from the foregoing that under the circumstances described the end of the cigar cannot be chewed, nor is it likely to become saturated with saliva.

The modification of the invention illustrated in Fig. 8 may be identical in all above mentioned respects with the first described form, wherefore the corresponding parts of the two constructions are designated by the same reference characters. In the modified form, however, a bore l0 opens through and extends from the larger or outer end of the body to near the inner end thereof where it terminates in one of the notches 3. The adjacent barb 4 prevents the tobacco from closing in about or overlying the inner end of the bore. In this case, less of the tip of the cigar would have to be cut or bitten oif, since much of the smoke would pass through the bore 10; or, on the other hand, the holder might be inserted into the end of a cigar without removing the tip, in which case practically all of the smoke would be drawn through the bore.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A cigar holder consisting of a one-piece, slender wedge-shaped body that is considerably 3 wider than it is thick at its larger and outer end and that tapers from such end to a point at its opposite or inner end, the wider sides of the body adjacent said larger end being provided with transverse grooves within which are adapted to be engaged the teeth of a smoker, the surfaces of said wider sides being otherwise unbroken from end to end of the body, the body having notches at intervals along each of its narrower sides, said sides being rounded adjacent the larger endlot the body and becoming progressively narrower and sharper toward the pointed end of the body, the surfaces of said narrow sides being unbroken outwardly of the forwardmost notches, the walls of each of the aforesaid notches convergingtoward M67515 the pointed end of the body thereby to provideoutwardly and forwardly directed barbs.

2. A cigar holder according to claim 1, wherein the body is provided with a bore that opens at one end through the larger end of the body and at its other end within one of the notches adja- 6 cent the base of the corresponding barb.

WILLIAM E. RYBAK, SR.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,-02'31288 Wolleson Apr. 16, 1912 I qetman July 15, 1913 1,833,701: Goldberg Oct. 18, 1932 

